Monday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming south 10-15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 10-15 mph, becoming calm.

Tuesday
A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming south 5-10 mph. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Level III fire restrictions remain in place in San Miguel County. Under the restrictions, campfires, white gas stoves, open fires, controlled burning, charcoal grills and fireworks are prohibited. All Terrain vehicles without spark arresters and motorcycles and vehicles with catalytic converters are restricted to maintained roadways. Anyone found violating the restrictions could be fined up to $1,000.

The last time Rebecca Montoya saw her two children she made them a promise and nursed them both to sleep.

Montoya had been taken into custody at Memphis International Airport for fleeing with her two children after a judge granted physical custody to their father.

“I sang to them and told them everything was going to be OK,” an emotional Montoya told the Optic during a jail house interview on Wednesday — 22 days after being taken into custody. That’s the last time Montoya saw her daughters, Mary, 2, and Grace 9 months.

Las Vegas is stepping back to a time when outlaws roamed the streets and gun-clad cowboys were the only hope for safety. Instead of bars, there were saloons and instead of cars, horse-drawn buggies crowded the streets with the townsfolk in their frock coats and boots.

Las Vegas is hosting the kickoff next Saturday of a unique statewide tourism event called “Catch the Kid,” centered on Billy the Kid and his exploits, with a Wild West theme sure to entertain people from all over New Mexico.

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in their investigation into the recent vandalism of headstones in Las Vegas’ Masonic and Montefiore cemeteries.

The Las Vegas Police Department issued a news release late Wednesday stating that Crimestoppers is offering a reward for any information regarding the damage. Anyone with information is asked to call the Las Vegas-San Miguel Crimestoppers at 425-8884 or investigator Pam Sandoval at the Las Vegas Police Department. The release states that callers will remain anonymous.